It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

"What's going on?" Augustus noticed Rika's fear, and immediately asked, "Their demands are too much?"

"...Your Excellency Augustus, I don't think this is too much to describe." Rika opened the breathing hole and took a deep breath, "They want to take over the starship manufacturing work, and they want to bring All flee."

At the end, Rika added another sentence: "Including Malus."

"..."

silence.

Augustus didn't speak, but silently looked at the orange-red light that meandered in the darkness in front of him.

Rika looked at Augustus in fear, fearing that the old man with the highest status in Proxima civilization would take his anger out on him.

But it was beyond Rakal's expectation.

Not only was the old man not angry, there was even a faint arc on the top of his thinking organ.

"interesting……"

Augustus said lightly.

"Your Excellency Augustus..." Rika swallowed slightly, and asked in a low voice, "What should we do?"

Augustus glanced lightly at Rika who was beside him: "What do you think?"

Rikar's expression turned serious, the three pairs of eyes narrowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The high-energy laser weapons and space-based weapons are ready and can be launched at any time."

"It's just... Proxima Centauri has only one incubation center, and it takes too long to rebuild one, which will greatly delay the starship manufacturing process."

Augustus shook his head slowly.

"Since they are going to take over the starship manufacturing work, let them do it!"

"...Huh?" Ricard was stunned.

He even suspected that he had heard wrong.

"This...Your Excellency Augustus, starship manufacturing is the top priority for us to escape Proxima Centauri, how can..."

In the middle of speaking, he watched the increasingly weird arc at the top of Augustus's thinking organ, and subconsciously stopped speaking.

Augustus turned around slowly and walked towards the building behind him.

Only one sentence remained.

"Don't worry, leave it to them."

"Want to save all Proxima and Marus... sooner or later they will be like us."

"That's when we shot."

"Now, let them help us build the starship for a while."

"Remember to ensure the safety of the incubation center."

The voice fell, and the door in front of him closed again.

Rika stared blankly at the closed door, and after he realized it, a trace of excitement and anticipation flashed deep in his eyes.

Chapter 217 Weapon System Development

Human beings 4.22 light-years away naturally don't know that a huge change is taking place in their neighbor's house at this time.

Inside Mars City No. 1.

Lu Yongchang was standing solemnly in the laboratory, looking at several professors in white coats standing in front of him.

After the success of the space mining project, he was tasked with the development of weapons systems.

This is also in line with the missing part of the technology tree system.

"Professor Lu, I think our primary goal is kinetic energy weapons!" A professor with typical Soviet characteristics muttered and said in blunt Mandarin.

"No, no, my dear Professor Yevgeny, I don't think kinetic energy weapons play a big role in interstellar warfare. Our energy should still be focused on laser weapons and more advanced energy weapons."

The same blunt Mandarin sounded from the side.

"Damn Wilson, you know nothing about weapons!" Professor Yevgeny from the former Soviet Union immediately burst into flames, waving his casserole-sized fists angrily, and shouted at Professor Wilson beside him, "You don't know weapons at all!" romantic!"

Professor Wilson shrugged, with a mocking smile on his face: "Yes! After all, it wasn't us who disintegrated in the first place."

"You!" Yevgeny, who was poked in pain, blushed, stretched out his finger, and pointed at Wilson tremblingly.

"Hey……"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lu Yongchang put his hand on his forehead and sighed helplessly.

When we first met, the top professors got along very well, as if they were family members.

Until the topic touched on the choice of weapons...

Professor Yevgeny from the former Soviet Union resolutely chose kinetic energy weapons, or the super-large-caliber kinetic energy weapons.

Caliber is truth, range is justice.

As for the former American Wilson, he fully expressed his disdain for such backward weapons. At the same time, he believes that in interstellar wars, energy weapons that can reach the speed of light are the most suitable options.

So...the two started a close argument until Wilson uttered the last sentence that broke the defense.

"okay!"

Seeing that the two were about to stage a real-life PK scene in the laboratory, Lu Yongchang hurriedly scolded: "Calm down!"

"Otherwise, you two won't be needed for this weapon research and development!"

The moment the words fell, Yevgeny and Wilson quickly distanced themselves and stood there with stiff expressions.

"Professor Lu, believe me, kinetic weapons are the man's choice!" Yevgeny obviously wanted to continue to promote the theory that the caliber is the truth, but Lu Yongchang gave him a hard look.

Lu Yongchang looked at the two people in front of him silently, pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "Laser weapons and energy weapons are our next key research directions."

"Interstellar warfare is different from warfare on Earth. We may have to strike targets across millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers. Weapons that travel at the speed of light are a necessity."

Wilson's eyes suddenly lit up.

He nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Professor Lu, a wise choice!"

"In terms of laser weapons, I have done a lot of research, you can safely entrust this task to me!"

Contrary to Wilson's reaction, Yevgeny's face was ashen and defeated at this time, like a defeated rooster.

Lu Yongchang glanced at Yevgeny, chuckled and said, "As for kinetic energy weapons, we can't give up either."

"After all, when in close contact, the power of kinetic energy weapons is still good."

This is also the result of his thinking for a long time last night.

Before the so-called protective cover technology, the ability of kinetic energy weapons to cause damage during close contact was beyond doubt.

The greater the mass and the faster the speed, the more energy it can carry!

The characteristics of energy weapons are indeed more suitable for interstellar warfare.

But according to the laser technology currently mastered by humans, it is estimated that it is not enough to see in the universe.

If you have to make an analogy, the laser technology currently mastered by humans is like a water gun in the battle of interstellar civilizations.

It doesn't hurt much, it's extremely insulting.

Therefore, before the prospect of energy weapons is clear, high-intensity kinetic energy weapons are undoubtedly the best choice for human beings at present.

After hearing the second half of Lv Yongchang's words, Yevgeny immediately performed a face-changing Sichuan opera on his face.

In just a few seconds, the sorrow and sorrow on the face of the 1.9-meter man disappeared, replaced by excitement and joy.

"Professor! I knew it, you must know about big-bore romance!"

Lu Yongchang looked at Yevgeny with a strange expression: "... put aside the large caliber and so on, I have a question for you."

"Have you ever been to Xiaguo Sichuan before?"

Yevgeny looked at Lu Yongchang blankly: "???"

"Ahem! It's all right." Lu Yongchang smiled and reached out to pat Yevgeny's shoulder. "I recommend you to watch Sichuan Opera when you are free later."

The confusion on Yevgeny's face became more and more intense, but Wilson, who was beside him, couldn't help laughing at this moment.

"Do you know what I'm talking about?" Lu Yongchang raised his eyebrows and asked Wilson.

Wilson nodded hastily: "Of course, professor, I just watched Sichuan opera a while ago, and it's really... quite similar!"

As he spoke, he gave Yevgeny a strange look.

Yevgeny: "???"

Although I don't know what the two are talking about, I feel offended.

"Okay!" Lu Yongchang, who was afraid of revealing his secrets if he continued, quickly brought the topic back.

"Wilson, since you have experience, the research and development of new laser weapons will be entrusted to you."

"As for more advanced energy weapons... don't worry about it right now."

"Let's get the basic kinetic energy weapons ready first."

……

After the research direction was established, the professors and researchers on the side lined up one after another.

Those who researched laser weapons automatically followed behind Wilson, and those who researched kinetic energy weapons naturally followed Lu Yongchang and Yevgeny.

Afterwards, after Wilson nodded to Lu Yongchang, he led everyone out of the laboratory.

As for Lu Yongchang, he took Yevgeny and the rest of the researchers and walked towards another laboratory.

"Professor Lu, kinetic energy weapons... what type are you planning to study?" Yevgeny asked a half step behind, in a low voice.

"Is it a missile or something else?"

Lu Yongchang frowned slightly.

"Let's start with the simplest electromagnetic rail gun."

"In terms of missiles..."

"We'll talk about it later."

It is still unknown how lethal the missiles currently used on Earth are to large starships.

The unpretentious electromagnetic railgun is a better choice than a missile that relies on shock waves and fragments to do the main damage.

He believed that a starship of a first-level civilization would absolutely not be able to withstand a super-large-scale metal storm.

Chapter 218 Listen, Is This Human Words?

In Mars City No. [-], Lu Yongchang in the laboratory frowned.

Electromagnetic rail gun, the principle is very simple, its basic principle is the magnetic field force.

In the simplest terms, a magnetic field exerts a force effect on a charged object.

At the microscopic level, this force is the so-called Lorentz force, and at the macroscopic level, it is the Ampere force.

In the 19th century, Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction, and at the beginning of the 20th century, someone put forward the conjecture of launching cannonballs with the help of Ampere's force.

Although the principle is simple, it is not a simple matter to develop an electromagnetic gun suitable for interstellar warfare.

Human civilization's research on electromagnetic railguns has never been interrupted, but it has never been able to replace gunpowder weapons.

In order to adapt to the interstellar war, what Lu Yongchang has to do is to increase the power of the electromagnetic gun.

The power of the electromagnetic gun mainly depends on the quality of the projectile and the initial velocity after exiting the chamber.

Thinking of this, Lu Yongchang turned his head and asked Professor Yevgeny beside him.

"Evgeny, what is the power of the most powerful electromagnetic gun at present?"

Hearing this question, Yevgeny didn't even think about it, and quickly replied: "Professor, with all due respect, the power of those electromagnetic guns is very weak."

"Maybe they can replace some of the shells on Earth, but they are still too weak in space!"

"How to say?" Lu Yongchang raised his eyebrows lightly, and asked again.

Yevgeny shrugged and reported a few data: "The most powerful electromagnetic gun at present is only to accelerate a projectile of about 10kg to a speed of about Mach 10."

"Of course, this is also the reason why the research and development projects of various weapons have stagnated after the solar crisis occurred."

"After all, there was no such thing as controllable nuclear fusion before."